Meetings
SFN 2024 | Booth #1278
Dates: OKT 05-09, 2024
Location: Chicago, IL
FENS 2024 | Booth #615
Dates: JUN 25-29, 2024
Location: Vienna
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Ecocyte Bioscience
As the very first commercial service company Ecocyte Bioscience has supported customers in Europe with high quality defolliculated Xenopus laevis oocytes since 2006. In 2010 Ecocyte Bioscience expanded to the US market by setting up a subsidiary company in Austin TX.
Our mission is quality, reliability and customer service. Hundreds of satisfied customers from Universities, Pharmaceutical companies, Government organizations and small Biotechs in Europe and USA confirm our mission by getting high quality Xenopus oocytes in a express delivery service for their cutting-edge research. Furthermore, Ecocyte Bioscience delivers standard and customized buffer solutions and lab chemicals at competitive prices over several online platforms.
Based on a substantial scientific background Ecocyte Bioscience is also performing contract service research in Xenopus oocytes. From RNA/DNA injections for expression of receptors, ion channels or transporter systems to the final TEVC characterization Ecocyte Bioscience offers a full range of research facilities for Xenopus oocytes all with state of the art technologies.
Working with Xenopus oocytes may appear straightforward compared to other cells commonly used in the lab. With their more than 1 mm diameter, stage V and VI Xenopus laevis oocytes are visible even without a microscope and their two hemispheres can be clearly differentiated from each other.
As a model cell, Xenopus oocytes are especially useful for heterologous expression and analysis of a plethora of receptors, ion channels and much more. Oocytes ordered from Ecocyte Bioscience come ready-to-use for most experiments, as they are enzymatically defolliculated with collagenase. Without follicular layer some care has to be exercised when handling the oocytes.
For the Xenopus laevis oocytes, the same basic principles apply as for other cell types. They require a medium resembling a stable and physiologically reasonable environment during transport and incubation. Therefore, this medium should support the cell membrane and be osmotically close to the inside of the cell. In accordance with their two hemispheres, the cytoplasm of the oocyte is more diverse compared to uniform cells. The darker animal pole contains organelles and the nucleus, while the lighter vegetal pole is rich in yolk. Media used with Xenopus oocytes should be specifically adapted to them.
During transport and incubation, Modified Barth’s Solution (MBS) is often used in conjunction with antibiotics to sustain the oocytes and keeps them healthy and useable for several days. For electrophysiological recordings, solutions such as Normal Frog Ringer (NFR) or ND96 solution are recommended, which are isotonic solutions relative to physiological levels. Our ready-to-use and 10x concentrate MBS, NFR and ND96 media are available as 500 ml bottles via our shop or in addition to oocyte orders. Our calcium-free MBS (CMBS) can be used for handling of oocytes under exclusion of calcium ions, available also as ready-to-use or 10x concentrate solutions. Please inquire about what solution may be useful for your experiment. For vitelline removal, the Vitelline Removing Solution (VRS) was added to our standard catalogue as ready-to-use solution. Customized media can also be ordered, and are prepared freshly but may require a mimimum order quantity. These media can include changes of the composition such as removal of Magnesium, or can be completely customer-specific solutions. Great success was achieved for adapting recipes, resulting in reduced workload and variability for our customers!
All solutions are prepared by our professional lab technicians and the media are autoclaved for a long shelf life. Simply add a remark to your next mail to order@ecocyte.net (EU), sales@ecocyte-us.com (US) or in the comments in our ordering system about how many and which media you want to order.
SFN / Neuroscience 2024 in Chicago
Lohmann Research Equipment / Ecocyte Bioscience will be present again at the Annual Meeeting of the Society for Neuroscience 2024 in Chicago, IL. If you are planning to visit this meeting please stop at our booth no. 1278! We are pleased to talk with you about our Synchroslice system, the refinements for our Xenopus laevis Oocytes delivery service and possibilities with our in vitro transcription services! Dr. Horst Lohmann (Gen. Manager), Nils Otten (Research Scientist) and Jan Gulich (Dev. Engineer) will be available to discuss your projects and how we can support you with our contract service research.
Our raffle game will also make a comeback, so try your chance to win one of or Xenopus T-shirts or an anti-stress ball “Brain” and, if requested, a standard ready-to-use lab solution from our catalogue.
As a “Thank you” initiative for all customers visiting our booth, we give discounts on t-shirts and lab media of 20% and for all other products of LRE and Ecocyte of 10% for the first order.
Usually, we deliver to any location in Europe or US, but this was a really special case.
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts University of Bern, Switzerland
Meet The Team
Our teams in Europe and USA will take care of your requirement with enthusiasm and competence. We love what we do.
Horst Lohmann (EU & US)
Gen. Manager, Owner / Scientific Consultance, Contract Service
Sandra Elspass (EU)
Marketing Manager / Customer Support
Nils Otten (EU)
Ph.D. student / Contract Research, Oocyte Preparation, Animal Husbandry
Katie Parkhill (US)
Manager Ecocyte Bioscience US LLC / Animal Care, Oocyte Preparation, Microinjections
Nina Schwarz (EU)
Lab Assistant / Orders, Customer Support, Contract Service
Rebekka Handing (US)
Accountance / Accounting
Annette Zacharias-Koch (EU)
Lab Technician / Oocyte Preparation, Animal Care
Timothy Jones (US)
Lab technician / Animal Husbandry, Oocyte Preparation
Rebecca Torres (US)
Lab Technician / Animal Husbandry, Oocyte Preparation
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What our customers say
As customers of Ecocyte Bioscience we have the advantage that we do not need to take care of any permits for animal experiments or of an appropriate environment for frogs in a possible own animal facility. By the high quality standards of Ecocyte Bioscience, controlled by government veterinarian offices, we always get oocytes with reliable quality and we do not have trouble with quality variability we often saw with our own frog facilities. Thus, we can concentrate completely on our research
